Hey Costas, if I had my way gun ownership would be mandated.
You would be mandated to qualify with an assigned weapon once a month, be well versed in the mainenance care and operation of said weapon.
Don’t want it in your house?
Good, it can be stored in a designated location in your neighborhood that you can reach in no more than sixty seconds.

I don’t believe him sorry because I think that he meant every word that he said. Got caught, now make excuses to save his network from losing some advertisers. His makeup can’t even cover the terrible facial expressions he made while blaming gun owners. I know he has protection through security, wouldn’t you think..

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posted on 12/04/2012 6:00:16 PM PST
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt. Our nation's foundation is under attack.)

“and given the time that I had, I thought that was on aspect that I could put out there and maybe, maybe I gave the audience too much credit, but I said if you’re looking for perspective, a bit of it could be found.”

Sure,,it was just one of many facets of the cause of that nuts violence. I’m sure Costas was -just as likely- to have discussed the glorification of gangsta thug culture in the NFL, dreadlocks hanging two feet below every other helmet, etc./

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posted on 12/04/2012 6:06:36 PM PST
by DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)

When will republicans, for example, learn that liberals are not nice people? They are disgusting stuck up authoritarian scum. This has absolutely nothing to do with the tragedy Costas was supposed to be discussing. Everyone has experienced leftist jerks like Costas, who interject their political beliefs everywhere they don’t belong.

Limbaugh blames it on the easy availability of microphones. If Costas had not had an open mic, he would not have said what he did to millions and have to apologize now. Thousands of people have had their lives ruined by the careless use of a microphone over the last year alone. We must strengthen the laws that regulate just who is allowed to use a microphone in public.

God bless him, for confirming what people who love liberty have known about "progressives" all along: they're primarily emoters incapable of clear thought who'd love to do away with the Constitution ("a charter of negative liberties") in general and the Bill of Rights in particular.

Speaking from the -- (let us hope) soon to once again be vacant -- Keith Olbermann Chair for Progressive Lunacy on Sunday Night Football, Costas echoed the moronic sentiments of some other raving whackjob at FoxSports.com about needing to do away with fundamental liberties. His name is unimportant. His kind are a dime a dozen in sports "newsrooms." (Alright. Alright! In keeping with my strict policy that douchebags of every stripe should be held up for ridicule, his name is Jason Whitlock.)

I have a modest proposal for those of you who think repealing some parts of the Bill of Rights you don't believe us Untermenschen should enjoy -- naturally from within the trusty redoubts of your gated communities and behind the privileged pistols of your own armed security -- is a Great Idea. If you really want to reduce gun violence and gun-related homicides, the 2nd Amendment is the wrong place to start. The low hanging fruit is elsewhere, my friend.

Start instead, with the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Recidivism rates among violent criminals in most states is over 90%, and over half of the people who will be convicted of homicides this year are accessories to, or perpetrators of, a least one previous homicide. Why do we need a trial by jury for people like that? Let's just lock them up.

The right not to incriminate yourself? Dude ... Seriously? Judges, DA's, cops, juvenile authorities and everyone who deals in law enforcement will tell you that _EVERYONE_ is guilty. Everyone. We aren't a rich country any more; we're actually worse off as a function of GDP/debt ratio than Greece. So why are we still pussyfooting around with evidentiary rules and expensive public defenders? Take these people down to the basement and work them over under a sweat-lamp with a rubber hose for a few hours just like in the good old days. Plea bargaining is best conducted with the soon-to-be defendant on his knees.

Assistance of Counsel? Scumbags. You know it. I know it. Everybody -- even _THEY_ know it. Warrants? Probable Cause? Do you know how many criminals go free on these technicalities every year? Assume that the act of just being an American is implied consent for invasive searches of everything including your body cavities. The TSA does.

"OK," you say, "this sounds pretty stupid, but the stats are the stats. So I guess I could go along with this if it was only the criminals we were depriving of their Constitutional Rights. But it wouldn't be. It would be law abiding citizens."

What are you? A jerk?

This argument certainly doesn't pass muster with the gun-grabbers, as far as they're concerned, law abiding citizens have no more right to the 2nd Amendment than criminals do. So why should they have a right to the 4th, or the 5th, or the 6th Amendment, either? If we're going to put an end to gun violence at the expense of the Constitution, everybody is going to have to give up something.

And hey, putting Shakespeare's plan concerning Professional Advocates in place would even become a practical reality. Who knows where it might end...?

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